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| From | David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | RE: RE: st: A bug in egen and gen? |
| Date | Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:09:49 -0500 |
At 11:41 AM 2/18/2011, you wrote:
Maarten,Out of curiosity, do you know the maximum difference that the -recast- procedure allows to recast a variable from double to float?Junlin
If I understand the question correctly, the answer is that recast, without -force-, will not take effect if there is any loss in precision.
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